Maple Cinnamon Baked Apples

Maple Cinnamon Baked Apples

Makes: 6 servings

6 medium baking apples

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup water

Vanilla yogurt or ice cream (optional)

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Use a paring knife or apple corer to remove the stem and core from each apple. Make sure that all seeds are removed.

2. Place the washed apples in a glass or porcelain baking dish. Pour 3/4 cup of water in the dish around the apples. Make sure there is enough water in the bottom of the dish so the apples will have a thin, syrupy sauce to spoon over.

3. Drizzle the syrup over the apples evenly and sprinkle with cinnamon.

4. Bake apples 45 to 60 minutes, basting a few times, until apples are tender when pierced with a knife. Remove from oven and let cool.

5. Spoon sauce from the bottom over each apple so the apples are slightly shiny. Serve warm or at room temperature, with yogurt or ice cream on the side.